EP.12) What makes UNEXPECTED ENGLISH everyone's favorite ? Why do more and more people listen and subscribe? Just listen to this episode to find out! Subscribe to get all future episodes! Tell your friends, too - they will be happy! Follow Unexpected English on Facebook and Instagram too!  [ROUGH TRANSCRIPT BELOW]  Hi everybody, and welcome back to another episode of Unexpected English, your favorite English podcast! And I was thinking... why is this everybody's favorite English podcast? I mean, there are so many podcasts out there that can help you with your English! So what makes unexpected English so special? Well for one thing, you don't know what to expect! I mean there is no script. there is no preparation, I just pick up my iPhone and start recording and there it is -- a fantastic podcast for you. Other podcasts, they have professional voices, professional microphones, they have a webpage, they want you to become their student and pay them for lessons, they'll sell you the transcript of their podcast --- no no no no, not here, not here! Here it's all about the fun! So that's one thing. What else? Umm, we don't just do grammar -- in fact I don't think I've done any grammar -- time for some grammar! Maybe the next episode OK? Oh, I know! interviews! Yes, interviews! Why does that matter? Well some podcasts have the same people talking — and that's great, but you get used to their voice, and the reality is, when you hear English there will be a lot of different people talking — different speeds, different accents and different pronunciations, so it's good to have a variety. Which is why I go out there, in the street, and bring you real English! Yeah, that's right, so that's another difference. What else? Oh well, it's the beautiful American version! I mean, modestamente -- modestly speaking -- yes, I do have an American accent. So if you're looking for the fine BBC pronunciation, you won't get that here, I'm sorry. But that's OK because, you know, English now is a global language. So many different accents -- including mine, which I hope you can understand, I don't know. Umm, uhh last item. My idea is to bring English to you in the bite-size lessons. Yes, I said bite-sized! Some podcasts go on for 10 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes... no, that's too much too, too much ... we need bite-sized. And bite-sized, actually the phrase bite-size means so little you don't need to bite it, you just pop it into your mouth! You know, like a bite-sized cupcake? you just -- POP! right in your mouth, good! Bite-sized chocolate? Right into your mouth, good! That's bite-size! So the idea would be to keep the podcast short and sweet because you're busy -- you're busy people! I know! You've got a job, you've got a boyfriend or a girlfriend or a spouse or a kid -- so much that you only have a few minutes for your English. And those minutes, come to think, are probably just about finished right now! So I guess I should say goodbye! Thanks for listening, and will catch you next time on another episode of Unexpected English. Ciao!.   

EP.09) I went to a street fair! I saw something that said "panzerotti!” This is the podcast! WarnIng! 🛑 You will hear an Italian accent. 🇮🇹  Rough transcript (of the introduction only) After that — good luck! 😂 Hi everybody and welcome to another episode of your favorite podcast! yeah I'm sorry yes it's your favorite podcast unexpected English there right now the other day I was in my neighborhood and there was a street fair and I saw a stand we call it a stand; that's not stand up but it's a place where people sell things at farmers market or a street fair —so I saw a stand that said on the sorority and I thought that myself what what what is that so I decided on the spot to interview the owner of the stand and that's what you're getting right now OK warning I have to apologize it turns out the owner is not a native speaker in fact he's an Italian speaker so he has an Italian accent but at this point most of my listeners are in Italy so I think they'll be able to understand it and anyway English It was an international language you are here a lot of different people speaking English with different accents so that's the bad and the side it's all leaves should be two minutes so don't worry about it no but there is no there are excuse me there are no no podcast notes there's no transcription this time so you're on Your own I hope you understand it if you don't, oh well! it any rate I hope you have fun and we’ll see you at the end of the episode! 

EP.08) A quick episode from the dog park. It's easy! It's fun! 

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Rough transcript:

OK here we are again at the dog park talking to some dog owners about their dogs — Hi what's your dog's name — His name is Max — Max what kind of a dog is Max — He is a maltipoo — a maltipoo could you tell people what a maltipoo is if they don’t know — so he is half Maltese and half poodle — oh sweet what color is he — he is black and he has a little bit of white on him — and where, what's his name — max — max — and where did you meet Max — we actually got him from someone off of craigslist so yeah OK — and what is the most trouble that Max ever got into did Max next ever do anything bad or is he always good — When he was younger he's about 10 months old now and he was younger he liked to cry a lot when we left when we had him in the crate and now he's like he cries a little bit but he's OK with us leaving because he knows we're gonna come back — OK so Max was kind of a crybaby when he was a puppy but he's all grown-up now — where does Max sleep — he sleeps with us in our bed he sleeps right right near our head — OK another another happy dog sleeping in the owner's bed — that seems to be the way it goes...